Manufacture of wigs



April 28, 1925. 1,535,530

G. HUPKA MANUFACTURE OF WIGS Filed March 25. 1923 Jays.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Be it known that T, GUs'rAv Horne, a citizen of the Czechoslovakian Republic, residing at Lausanne, Switzerland, have a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Wigs, of'which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification, reference be ing had therein to the accompanying drawings. i In the manufacture of wigs, or the like it was hitherto customary to pass the hair spread belowa fabric by means of a hairdressers pin through the said fabric. This operation may be perfori'ned either by hand or a suitable n'lechanical device. In. order to push the needle provided with a hook easily thrmigh the fabric and the hair it is necessary to provide a carrier which does not offer any resistance to the withdrawal of the hair, The material of the carrier is also to be of such character as to permit it to be readily perforated by the needle. For scouring a perfect working it is also indispensable that hair and fabric should firmly rest upon the carrier. I

This problem is solved by my invention described in the following specification and represented in the annexed drawings-in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a f ame as utilized for stretching hair and fabric into it to be handled either by hand or machine.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of this frame,

Fig. 3 the same cross-section on an enlarged scale, and Figure l is a side view on an enlarged scale of a portion of the wig carrier.

My invention provides a bristle-support for receiving the hair and the fabric to be combined with it.

Thebristles may be assembled for instance as for making brushes, and should form a smooth continuous surface, to secure thereby a good support for the hair and the fabric. It is a chief requirement in Wig manufacturing to permit an easy passage and with drawal of the hook-provided needle across the fabric, so as to make thework of the operator as easy as possible. It is also of much importance to provide the means for stretching the hair and other material directly over the frame.

Referring to the drawings: 1 is the frame, comprising a plate 2, having a vertically extending member The plate 2 has its surface provided with bristles l. The locks of hair 5 rest upon the said bristles. The fixing of the hairis obtained by a-groove-like recess 6 in the upper edge of the member 3. The hair itself is pressed into this groove-like recess 6 by a correspomlingly shaped plate 7' and a flange 8 serves for holding tight the hair 5 to the upper edge 9 of the member 3.. By this construction the hair will be secured and held evenly and uniformly spread upon a large and yielding surface. The skin or scalp is then placed over the hair 5; this skin 10 serves as carrier of the wig.

This carrier is preferably composed of three layers of sil gauze and one layer of fislrskin, as shown in Figure 4;, the fish-skin forming the basic portion of the wig, upon which the ends of the hair are to be struck. The bristles at form a firm support for the hair, permitting a perforation by the needle. but at the same time presenting no resistance to the needle, so that no injury of the carrier is possible.

The carrier for the hair is inserted be tween the two rings 11 and 19,. The ring 12 is suitably made of Wood, and provided at its outer surface 13 with a layer of emery. The ring 11 is slotted at one part of its p eriphery and provided there with projections which are assembled by a screw 14; this screw controls at the same time the degree of pressure. The carrier may thereby be pressed exceedingly firmly down upon the hair so as to permit a safe working.

The operation is as follows:

The parts being in the position shmrn in Figure 3 of the die-living, the needle is thrust through the carrier 10 and its hooked end engaged with a single hair of the lock of hair resting upon the bristles and then the needle is withdrawn and apull exerted thereon until the free end of the hair is pulled through the carrier. The operation isthen repeated until all the hairs of the lock have been drawn through the carrier.

I claim: 1. In a device for manufacturing wigs, a support having bristles on its upper face, means for clamping a lock of hair to the support so as to rest upon the bristles, andmeans for securing the carrier of a wig over the hair.

2. In a device for manufacturing wigs, a plate having a vertical member, bristles on the plate of a length approximately the height of the member of the plate, means for clamping a lock of hair on the upper end of the said member so as to rest on the bristles, and means for securing the carrier of a wig over the hair.

In a device for manufacturing Wigs, a plate provided with a Vertical member having a groove or recess in its upper edge, bristles on the upper face of the plate, a plate of a shape corresponding to the groove or recess of the said member, means for securing; the said plate to the member, whereby a locl: of hair can be elamped to the said member so as to rest upon the bristles, and means for securing the carrier of a Wig to said member so as to overlie the hair.

-11. A device for manufacturing Wigs, comprising a support having; bristles on its upper face, means for clamping a lock of hair to the support so as to rest upon the bristles, and a holder for a fabric adapted to surround the upper part of the support.

5. In a device for manufacturing Wigs, the combination with a support having bristles on its upper face and means for clamping a lock of hair on the support so as to rest upon the bristles, of a fabric holder consisting of tWo concentric rings surrounding the support, the outer ring being open and provided With ears, and a screw engaging the ears.

In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

GUSTAV HUPKA.

Witnesses SIEGFRIED HAUPT, E. HomzunMAN. 

